Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016: Kate Tuttle: Boston Globe
100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The Best Films of 2023 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Lowdown
XXX Danny Brown
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse Mariah Carey
Becoming Cousteau Liz Garbus
TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Nine Inch Nails
Into the Morning Grace Vonderkuhn
Girl with Basket of Fruit Xiu Xiu
Life After Reid Davenport
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
Euphonie Ojard
State of Flux Mr. G
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy

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